Film director Paul Schrader has castigated the producers of his current film after the shoot was shut down after one of the actors was diagnosed with coronavirus. In a brief post on Facebook, Schrader said his producers had stopped the production five days before it was due to finish “because an LA day player had the coronavirus”. He…
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WE’RE ALL PARASITES! POLITICS DOMINATES OSCARS
And the award for the most self-righteous Oscars acceptance speech goes to . . . Joaquin Phoenix lectures about animal rights, Brad Pitt slams impeachment trial and Obama documentary director urges ‘workers of the world to unite’ Joaquin Phoenix launched a passionate speech about animal rights, veganism and Speciesism while accepting his Best Actor award for Joker…

Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial continued Wednesday with a slate of witnesses taking the stand
‘Harvey’s penis looks like it has been sewn back on and he has no testicles’, model tells Weinstein rape trial jury, as she claims he masturbated in front of her after actress Claudia Salinas trapped her in a bathroom Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial continued Wednesday with a slate of witnesses taking the stand Model Lauren…

‘Joker’ leads Oscar noms; ‘1917,’ ‘Irishman’ close behind
Female filmmakers were shut out, “Parasite” made history and “Joker” edged out “The Irishman,” “1917” and “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” in Monday’s Oscar nominations. Todd Phillips’ R-rated superhero smash “Joker” topped all films with 11 nominations to the 92nd Academy Awards, while Martin Scorsese’s elegiac crime epic “The Irishman,” Quentin Tarantino’s 1960s…

Ricky Gervais Tells Hollywood to “FUCK Off”
The ‘Office’ creator also took shots at Felicity Huffman and Jeffrey Epstein. Once again, Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais did not shy away from hot-button topics in his monologue, even as he told the stars attending on Sunday not to elongate their acceptance speeches by referring to contentious current events. At the top of the annual ceremony…

Martin Scorsese Is Letting Go
In a wide-ranging interview, the director talks about his own mortality, the treatment of women in his movies, and moviemaking in the Netflix age. Martin Scorsese is the most alive he’s been in his work in a long time, brimming with renewed passion for filmmaking and invigorated by the reception that has greeted his latest…

The Grey Report
US EMBASSY ATTACK IN BAGHDAD PRO-IRAN MOB ‘DEATH TO AMERICA’ DIPLOMATS IN SAFE ROOM TRUMP: TEHRAN WILL PAY BUCHANAN: Will War Derail Trump Reelection? Lewandowski Announces He’s NOT Running for Senate… ‘I would have won’… US Army Bans Soldiers From Using TIKTOK… Revelers around world usher in new decade… Drones patrol Times Square… 10 years…

China launches powerful rocket in boost for 2020 Mars mission
China Friday launched one of the world’s most powerful rockets in a major step forward for its planned mission to Mars in 2020. The heavy lift Long March 5 rocket carrying a test satellite payload blasted off from the Wenchang launch site on the southern island of Hainan at 8:45 pm (1245 GMT), a livestream…

Weinstein and his accusers reach tentative $25 million deal
After two years of legal wrangling, Harvey Weinstein and the board of his bankrupt film studio have reached a tentative $25 million settlement agreement with dozens of his alleged sexual misconduct victims, a deal that would not require the Hollywood producer to admit wrongdoing or pay anything to his accusers himself, according to lawyers involved…

Golden Globes 2020: The Complete List of Nominees
Best Motion Picture – Drama comes down to “1917,” “The Irishman,” “Joker,” “Marriage Story” and “The Two Popes” The nominees for the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards are in the books, with all the contenders selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to compete at next month’s awards show announced bright and early Monday. On…